Dividing wisdom from ignorance
Genesis 1:3-4: "And the Creator said, Let there be light: and there was light. And the Sovereign saw that the light was good: and the Creator divided the light from the darkness."
The first thing that the creator of the universe did was divide the wisdom from the ignorance.
In the following six verses from 1 John, Chapter 4, we can learn something that will set your entire religious belief system on end. John, the true prophet was speaking about what the many false prophets were teaching.
"1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error."
Now, let's divide the wisdom from the ignorance and consider what these six verses are actually saying when you read and understand them as they were supposed to be understood.
Beloved, many false prophets have gone out into the world, so do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God:
This is how you will know if the spirit is from God: Every spirit that is from God confesses that Jesus Christ came as a human being:
But every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ came as a human being is not from God: and this is the spirit of antichrist which you have heard would come; and is it even now already in the world.
Little children, you are from God and have overcome the false prophets: because greater is the creator who is in you, than the false prophets who are in the world.
The false prophets are of the world: Therefore they speak of the world, and the world listens to them.
We however are true prophets from God: Those who know God, listen to us; but they that are not from God do not listen to us. This is how you can know the difference between the spirit of truth, and the false spirit of error.
This has been in our Bibles from the beginning, but you never head this from your False Prophets before have you?
Boyd McNielPea Ridge, Ark.
Editorial on 09/10/2014